Holder for articles of table-ware



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HOLDER FOR ARTICLES 0F TABLE WARE- (No Model.)

Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

llmlm WITNESSES .&'OZ I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ONESIME C. AMYOT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HOLDER FOR ARTICLES OF TABLE-WARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,101, dated August 4, 1891. Application filed August 24, 1889. Serial No. 321,893. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/i Be it known that I, ONESIME CHARLES AM- YOT, a citizen of Canada, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Holder for Articles of Table-Tare. of which the following is a specification.

My invention has forits object to keep vessels containing food, beverages, &c., from upsetting, and it is especially applicable for use on the tables of steamers and sailing-ships.

To the foregoing end my invention consists in a light frame detachably secured to a tablerack and so constructed as to encircle bottles, glasses, cups, &c., and confine them within proper bounds.

The nature of this device and the manner in which I proceed to construct and apply the same are fully set forth in the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my holder, showing the same in position upon a table ready for use; and Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view. 4

This device is formed ota continuous piece of wire D, bent so as to form an inverted-U- shaped clamp (Z, one side of said clamp having its legs formediuto dependingloopsdrl, from which the wire is continued to form a larger horizontal loop 61 The opposite side of the clamp has one of its legs bent into a rectangular form, so as to provide a retainer or guard (Z for salt-cellars and the like, while the other leg of this side of the clamp is bent upwardly and rearwardly to form an auxiliary holder d for napkins and analogous articles.

From the drawings it will be readily understood as to the mannerof applyinginy device to the racks of tables, the clamp portion en'- gaging said racks.

The larger horizontal loop (1 forms a convenient holder for a glass or similar article, While the holders upon the opposite side subserve the functions already pointed out. Thus by a judicious assemblage of the kinds required to support the articles likely to be brought onto the table at the same time a combined holder is obtained which is not only efficient for the purposes for which it is designed, but also convenient to manipulate.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a wire holder for table utensils, consisting of a single piece of wire bent so as to form an inverted- U-shaped clamp, one side of said clamphaving its legs formed into vertical depending loops, from which the wire is continued to form a larger horizontal loop, and one of the legs of the opposite side ot the clamp bent into requisite shape to form aretainerorauxiliary holder, substantially as set forth.

2. A wire holder for table utensils, com prising claws formed by upward and downward bends in the wire, one or more expansible and contractible clamps or rings projecting therefrom, and a hook jutting out from the same, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.

ONS. C. AMYOT. [1b. s.]

Witnesses:

E. LUDON, VIcToR' FRFZoHETTE. 

